I brokeforth this weekend. Not literally (I'm not sure what that would literally mean). It was actually kinda fun. I enjoyed the sessions I went to with Christian. They were occasionally heretical and that provided a nice conversation topic. I saw Nick Vujicic three times. I still can't say his name but he seemed like a really nice guy.
I went to the closing session by myself. I was half an hour late and Robin Mark was still singing. I went in and it was so dark I tripped over a chair, walked around in circles for a while, and eventually found a chair near the back. It turned out I sat neat aisle opening so all the people three aisles up had chosen that place so they would have space to dance better. Robin Mark announced that the next song was a dancing song. I decided it was time to sit down. I drank my coffee and watched the people around me dance and tried to be positive. I told myself that it was okay for people to be different than me and they could enjoy dancing even if I don't. I almost convinced myself too. I was feeling fairly good about the music and had almost finished my coffee by the time Arlen Salte announced the next part of the session.
I really did enjoy Breakforth. Maybe next year I should go see the speakers that seem terrible so I can have a more complete understanding of the conference. That sounds like a really painful weekend though.
"Robin Mark announced that the next song was a dancing song. I decided it was time to sit down. I drank my coffee and watched the people around me dance and tried to be positive. I told myself that it was okay for people to be different than me and they could enjoy dancing even if I don't. I almost convinced myself too"
ReplyDeleteI sometimes try to convince myself of that too. I rarely succeed though. Maybe I should become a puritan so no one can ever make me dance.
No Christian, I'm okay with you dancing. Next year at Breakforth I expect you and Trevor to both dance at the concert. I will watch and laugh.
DeleteI've never actually gone to sessions at Breakforth. Maybe I should try sometime if I'm ever in Edmonton during January, which I never seem to be.
ReplyDeleteI was at a birthday party the other day and I sat there and watched as a man played accordion and people danced. I actually quite enjoyed it. Accordion music is pretty cool. You should learn how to play it.
Showing up to things late and wandering around in circles looking confused while tripping over things is always a fun time. I do it quite regularly. Its even more exciting when you're looking to see if you know anyone audience so you pace up and down the aisles trying to see people's faces and then second guess yourself, decide you should sit by yourself instead, get flustered and leave, pretend to go use the washroom and then come back and start the whole process all over again.
I actually enjoyed sitting in the dark watching people dance. It would have been funner if I had someone to laugh at them with me. I thought about texting people and telling them about it so they could laugh too.
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